Without God

August 11, 2011

By Anonymous, Franklin, NJ

Image Credit: Jenn T., Dover, NH

The author's comments:

Hell is a world without God, so I was just thinking about it in the shower and then had to run out because I realized I was singing about it under my breath and was totally going to forget what I was saying if I didn't write it down.

Without God I know exactly where I’d be Without God there’d be nothing on that tree Without God we would never fall short And we wouldn’t be good And we wouldn’t be bad We’d be nothing Without God

But I Would have been dead a long time ago And I Would have been hurt awhile before I would have crawled on Farther On my hands and knees And the dirt would drip from My bloody feet I would scream my throat raw Begging for my answer But Without God I’d be alone

Maybe we’d have towns Maybe we’d have families But I think that we’d Have killed each other long ago ‘Cause no law means no right means no wrong Means no boundaries no consequences No authority No guilt Anything you want you can do and can be done to you

Without God we would cry in eternal despair No sun would light the sky Of a freezing cold Formless World

We would huddle in a place Not day and not night Keeping far away from everyone Cannot trust even yourself Predator and Prey Is it cold is it hear? Do we burn in this night? Do our hearts break Our bodies fall Our minds scream In Hell?

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